How much do OnlyFans agencies take?
Most agencies take a percentage of your earnings, and the headline number is only half the story. Here’s what the usual rates buy you, how to convert them into real money, and how to tell whether a rate is fair.
6 minute read. Updated October 2026.
The usual range
Agency rates are commonly somewhere between 20% and 50% of a creator’s earnings. Where an offer sits in that range mostly depends on how much of the work the agency takes on. A rate above 50% needs a very good reason, and you should hear that reason before you sign.
The rate on its own doesn’t tell you what you’ll pay. Two more things decide that: what the percentage is taken from, and what else is charged on top. Both are covered below.
What each level usually includes
There’s no standard menu, and every agency packages its work differently. As a rough guide to what you might be offered at different points in the range:
| Where the rate sits | What it often covers | What it often doesn’t |
|---|---|---|
| Lower end of the range | One service, usually chatting: replying to fans and selling messages | Bringing in new subscribers, strategy, leak protection |
| Middle of the range | Chatting plus some growth or content planning | Full promotion across several platforms, a dedicated manager |
| Upper end of the range | Full management: chatting, growth, pricing, planning, reporting and protection | Should cover most of the running of your page |
Use this to check that a rate matches the work. If you’re quoted a full-management rate for chatting alone, you’re overpaying. If you’re quoted a low rate for “everything”, ask exactly who does each part, because something is usually missing. Get the list of services in writing, not just on a call.
Gross or net changes everything
Gross is what fans spend on your page. Net is what OnlyFans pays you after taking its 20%. A rate taken from gross is always more expensive than the same rate taken from net, because it includes money you never receive.
To turn a gross rate into its net equivalent, divide it by 0.8:
| Rate taken from gross | Same money as a net rate of |
|---|---|
| 20% of gross | 25% of net |
| 25% of gross | 31.25% of net |
| 30% of gross | 37.5% of net |
| 35% of gross | 43.75% of net |
| 40% of gross | 50% of net |
| 50% of gross | 62.5% of net |
So “40%” from one agency and “50%” from another can be exactly the same deal. Always compare offers in net terms. Our gross vs net guide goes through this in more detail.
Fees on top of the rate
The percentage is rarely the only cost. Look for these in the contract and in anything you’re asked to pay before work starts:
- Setup or onboarding fees. A charge before any work is done. A good agency earns its money by growing yours, not by charging you to start.
- Tool or software fees. A monthly charge for the apps the agency uses. That’s the agency’s cost of doing business.
- Exit or cancellation fees. A charge for leaving. This makes it expensive to walk away from a bad arrangement.
- Commission after you leave. Some contracts keep taking a share for months after you go, on work they no longer do.
- Commission on refunds and chargebacks. Ask whether the share is worked out before or after these come off. If before, you can pay commission on money fans took back.
- Commission on what you already earned. Ask whether the rate applies to all your income, or only to growth above where you started.
Add fees to the commission and divide by your net. That’s the agency’s real share. The take-home calculator does this for you.
Is the rate fair? The break-even test
A rate is fair if the agency grows your page enough to leave you better off, and gives you time back that’s worth something to you. The first part you can work out before you sign.
The growth an agency needs just to leave you where you are now is:
Break-even growth = rate ÷ (1 − rate), using the rate as a share of net.
| Rate taken from net | Growth needed to break even |
|---|---|
| 20% | 25% |
| 30% | About 43% |
| 40% | About 67% |
| 50% | 100% |
| 60% | 150% |
For example, if OnlyFans pays you $6,000 a month now and an agency takes 40% of net, your net has to reach $10,000 before you keep $6,000 again. Anything below that and you’re paying for help that costs more than it brings in.
If the rate is on gross, convert it first. Forty percent of gross is 50% of net, so the agency has to double your net to break even.
Break-even isn’t a reason to avoid agencies. Good management can grow a page by more than that. It’s a reason to ask each agency how they plan to beat your number. Try it with your own figures in the break-even calculator, or put two offers side by side in compare two offers.
Questions to ask
- What’s your rate, and is it taken from gross or net?
- Exactly which services does that rate include, and which cost extra?
- Are there any setup, tool, software or exit fees?
- Is commission worked out before or after refunds and chargebacks?
- Does the rate apply to all my earnings, or only to growth above what I make now?
- Do you take any commission after I leave?
- Does OnlyFans keep paying me directly, with you invoicing me for your share?
- Can I see a sample monthly statement showing how your share is worked out?
- What’s a typical result for a creator at my level? Not your best one, the median.
An agency that answers all of these clearly, in writing, is easier to trust than one with a lower rate and vague answers. If any agency, including us, won’t tell you its rate or what it’s taken from until you’re on a call, walk away.
Our rate, in plain numbers
Published on our terms page: the rate, what it’s taken from, and how you leave.